Uniform Color and Aggression (04-04-12)
Research on uniform color and aggression continues.
Research on uniform color and aggression continues.
The projects in this book are a rich sensory mélange and reflect the range of design options now available to innovatively incorporate light, color, and sound into user experience.
People developing spaces and objects for which smell and color are both important have more information to aid in their work.
A team led by Lichtenfeld has linked seeing the color green and creative performance.
Need to help people find their way through a maze of corridors?
Public health researchers have probed the influence of color coding food and the design of food displays on consumption of healthier and less healthy meal options.
Although research recently conducted at Cornell and London Metropolitan University relates to adult’s and children’s plates, it ultimately may be shown to have repercussions for a broad range of design decisions - such as color use in healthcare facilities where eating needs to be encouraged (e.g., anorexia treatment facilities) – particularly when adults are designing these sorts of spaces for child users.
A number of recent studies address the psychological ramifications and power of color. In general, color can add much to work and indoor spaces, as well as influence other perceptions.
Ceilings that seem a little low are an issue that designers need to resolve from time to time.
Researchers at the University of Hull in the UK have learned that it is much easier for some people to imagine colors in particular situations than it is for other people to do so.